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The sharks with the most sensitive sense of smell can detect smells at roughly 1 part per 10 billion, marine biologist Maddalena Bearzi tells Reader’s Digest. That may sound extreme, but that ...
The tiger shark is an apex predator [35] and has a reputation for eating almost anything. [7] These predators swim close inland to eat at night, and during the day swim out into deeper waters. [36] Young tiger sharks are found to feed largely on small fish, as well as various small jellyfish, and mollusks including cephalopods.
These sharks occasionally hunt in packs to take larger prey, using tactics such as stealth to succeed. [18] After feeding, it slowly digests for several days, and can go weeks until eating again. [19] Larger, predatory sharks (such as the great white shark) can be a threat, and
Shark migration patterns may be even more complex than in birds, with many sharks covering entire ocean basins. Sharks can be highly social, remaining in large schools. Sometimes more than 100 scalloped hammerheads congregate around seamounts and islands, e.g., in the Gulf of California. [39] Cross-species social hierarchies exist.
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Swell sharks hunt at night for bony fish, molluscs, and crustaceans. [2] [3] They will eat prey that is dead or alive. [3] They feed either by sucking prey into their mouth or by waiting motionless on the sea floor with their mouth open, waiting to encounter prey. [2] [4] Swell sharks have also been known to look for food in lobster traps. [2]
Ever since the movie "Jaws" popularized great white sharks as predatory man-killers, people have had misconceptions about these animals. That is why researchers have been doing everything they can ...